Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
A roundtable sponsored by the U.S. National Research Council will examine applications of social and behavioral science.
UPDATED: With all eyes focused on not shutting down the U.S. government, the contentious issue of funding the NSF in the 2015 fiscal year may end with a (pleasing) whimper.
UPDATED: The National Science Board hopes it can muster support to save a question in the annual American Community Survey that tells us how many undergrads are taking science and research degrees. And a suite of questions on marriage trends is also facing the ax.
UPDATED: Amidst calls by politicians for greater transparency in how the National Science Foundation arrives at grant decisions, the federal agency institutes new guidelines for more accessible descriptions of projects.
A network of coalitions of research universities from around the world have come out with a strong statement stressing the importance of social science and humanities in the academy and among policymakers.
Sociologist and education rights activist Pedro Noguera has received a second annual award that recognizes outstanding achievement in advancing the understanding of the behavioral and social sciences.
Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council awarded ethnomusicologist Beverly Diamond its top prize for scholarship and impact .
Canada’s premiere government-sponsored awards for outstanding work in HSS fields will be announced in Ottawa next week.